Music makes me Fred Astaire and jazz / [electronic resource] :
Todd Decker.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
- xii, 375 p. : ill., music, ports.
- Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Astaire among others: "There's a difference and Astaire is it" ; "I am a creator" -- pt. 2. Astaire at the studios: "I play with the very best bands" ; "Tell them to let it swing" ; "Fixing up" tunes -- pt. 3. Astaire in jazz and popular music: "Keep time with the time and with the times" ; "Jazz means the blues" ; "Anything that will send me" ; "You play and I'll dance."
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Astaire, Fred.
Jazz musicians--United States--Biography. Dancers--United States--Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.